Candide and Voltaire

1. Candide and Voltaire Approaches to Literature

2. EXAGGERATION (hyperbole) UNDERSTATE- MENT —“sweating to death --“It’s a bit wet out there.” COMEDIC TECHNIQUES:

3. WARPED LOGIC IMPROBABLE SITUATIONS Harlan is funny. Harlan is a man. Men are funny. --“equipping a submarine with a screen door” COMEDIC TECHNIQUES:

4. satire • a work that ridicules human foibles, vices and follies… • that creates absurdity, challenges beliefs… • GOAL: to improve human society inspire remodeling (raising), not razing

5. Candide • A picaresque novel… series of self-contained episodes with a plot and climax adventures and exotic travel set in motion by an incident beyond the character’s control like beads on a necklace

6. Candide • technique of digression… another character relates his/her own personal narrative

7. Formalistic/ structural looks at the way a piece is organized and approached—the type of discourse and literary techniques used—Candide is a satire and uses those techniques FOUR APPROACHES…

8. Archetypal looks for the universals and motifs in a work—in Candide look for the mentors he has and what each teaches him FOUR APPROACHES…

9. Socio-historic sees the implications for the historic time and social milieu during which the piece was written—here it’s the idea of a utopia FOUR APPROACHES…

10. Reader-response asks how the piece resonates with you—your own feelings FOUR APPROACHES…